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Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Everything for Us- music and misery

I'm often asked about how music plays a role in my writing. Although I don't listen to music as I write, music is the backdrop for nearly every word of it nonetheless. It's always there, setting the tone for where my characters are emotionally, where they've been and where they're going. In my head, once I write the scene, the music is inexorably entwined with it, like it poured from their souls into notes that I can hear. This is one example. If you've ever loved someone you knew was bad for you, someone you knew would hurt you, but you couldn't not love them, then you'll understand this.

The song: Poison and Wine by The Civil Wars You can listen to it as you read by clicking the link on my sidebar.

The scene:

“I’m so sorry for the life you had to lead. You were so
young,” she says, her voice thick with emotion.
“You didn’t deserve that.”

Her hand splays across my chest as she scatters kisses all
over my face and neck. I feel drops of
warm wetness every so often. I don’t
realize they’re tears until one hits my lips and I taste the salt.

She makes her way to my stomach then down my right leg and
back up again, dragging her lips and tongue along the inside of my thigh.

It’s not often I see the goodness in people. Or that they
surprise me with compassion. Yet Marissa
has. I just told her I’m a criminal and
a killer, and rather than running the other direction, she cried for me.

Something burns deep inside my chest. I don’t have time to think about it or deny
it, or devise a plan to rid myself of it.
Marissa sees to that when her lips close over me. She makes it so that she’s all I can think
about. She erases all other thoughts
with the first swipe of her tongue. And
I’m happy to let them go.

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The Skinny on Michelle

New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author, M. Leighton, is a native of Ohio. She relocated to the warmer climates of the South, where she can be near the water all summer and miss the snow all winter. Possessed of an overactive imagination from early in her childhood, Michelle finally found an acceptable outlet for her fantastical visions: literary fiction. Having written over a dozen novels, these days Michelle enjoys letting her mind wander to more romantic settings with sexy Southern guys, much like the one she married and the ones you'll find in her latest books. When her thoughts aren't roaming in that direction, she'll be riding horses, swimming in ponds and experiencing life on a ranch, all without leaving the cozy comfort of her office.